As of July 14, 2015, these areas are closed to climbing until further notice:

Fairview Dome West Face – All routes between and including "Heart of Stone" to "Lucky Streaks" are closed. All other routes remain open. The Fairview Dome closure will remain in effect until August 15, 2015, or until further notice. The pair at Fairview Dome is nesting one month behind the typical nesting period.

This information is a public crowdsourcing effort between the Access Fund,
and Mountain Project.You should confirm closures, restrictions, and/or related dates.

While not quite as classic as neighboring climbs like Munginella and Commitment, The Surprise provides 2 excellent pitches of climbing. Supertopo lists the route as 5 pitches, but it is very easy and recommended to link pitches 1 and 2 into a single 150' pitch. Start at an ant-infested tree and climb dirty corner past a small pine tree. Continue up to an oak tree (long sling helps reduce rope drag), and start traversing right along broken ledge system, passing one ancient 1/4" bolt abou...[more]Browse More Classics in CA